Research and Publications

Read the latest research and thinking about encore

A Future of Purposeful Aging

Encore.org Executive Vice President, Jim Emerman, reflects on the future he envisions for people seeking purpose with social impact in their encore stage in this interview with LPN-Q, the quarterly journal of the Life Planning Network

ENCORE CAREERS: THE PERSISTENCE OF PURPOSE

Encore.org’s 2014 research shows that the encore career trend is re-emerging with new resilience as the economy recovers from the downturn. Millions of people continue to want to use their experience to address big problems in their communities, the country and the world.

New Roles, Few Rules: NonProfit Leaders Charting New Territory

New Roles, Few Rules, the third in a series of reports from the Life After Leadership Project, offers leaders who are leaving their executive positions a framework of hope for what their new life will look like without sugarcoating some of the risks and decisions along the way.

Encore Career Handbook Reading Guide

Encore Career Handbook Transition Group Guide

For those interested in bringing people together to help each other find an encore career or career coaches, the Encore Transition Group Guide is a step by step roadmap to creating and running such groups.